When I was watching “Tinker Bell and the Neverbeast” movie and trying to come up with fun foods for the party I wasn’t planning on doing anything with the sunflowers, but there is something about flowers that just makes everything so happy and I couldn’t help myself!
These chocolate cups are super easy to make and look adorable (taste great too!)
Sunflower Truffles
Prep Time
4 hrs
Total Time
4 hrs
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: French
Ingredients
- 2 C ganache
- yellow chocolate melts
- mini cupcake liners
- piping bag
- mini cookie scoop
- chocolate sprinkles
Instructions
- Make a batch of Ganache and set it in the fridge to firm up
- Flatten the mini cupcake liners slightly and separate
- melt the yellow chocolate and fill a piping bag
- thinly pipe the bottom of the liners, filling in any gaps, then, while turning, pip up the sides to create petals
- let cool completely until set and peel off the liners
- scoop out the truffles with the mini scoop and roll them in the sprinkles (if they don't stick try rolling the ganache balls in your hands a bit to warm them up and "melt" the outside slightly)
- place the truffles into the chocolate flower cups
The little girls didn’t really get these, but the adults all loved them! A nice rich treat (I ate quite a few myself!). These could work with other colors to create other flowers as well!
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Ashlee Prisbrey is a self taught cake decorator and home chef turned blogger turned youtuber. On her blog and youtube channel she shares cake decorating tutorials, from scratch recipes, and themed party food (cause for her parties are all about the food). In addition to blogging and videos she travels around the country speaking at blog conferences. Last year she competed on Food Network, the Halloween Baking championship, a dream come true! Ashlee loves empowering women and moms, in the kitchen, in blogging or in life. Her motto is nothing is too hard with the right tips and tricks.
Tamyra Hack
Amazing!
But you should try this using “Brigadeiro”. A typical Brazilian recipe. It’s so delicious!!!
And it looks exactly like this, but using “Brigadeiros” the chocolate sprinkles stick very easily!
Ashlee
ohhh I bet that would be terrific!
Mary Tara
Do you have a recipe for the ganache aka truffles? Also, when I melt the yellow chocolate and put it in the piping, doesn’t the yellow chocolate harden quickly? I need to make 130 of them for a bridal shower. BTW, they look so pretty. I haven’t made them yet.
Mary Tara
Sorry, Ashley, I just noticed you do have the recipe for the ganache. Thank you and I can’t wait to make them. One more question, how many days in advance can I make them? The bridal shower is early on a Saturday, so I don’t want to be making / putting them together the morning of. Can they be put together several days ahead and placed in an airtight container? Again, thank you.
Ashlee
as long as you have room to keep them cool you can make them days ahead of time, you can make the chocolate cups and keep them in one place and keep the truffle balls in another and then put them together last min, it might be easier
Christine
How many sunflowet truffles does this recipe make? Thanks.
Ashlee
depends on the size of the ganache batch and the size you scoop you use too. I’ve never just made a batch and made truffles, I make so much ganache i always have some around and I always make a huge batch and just scoope the amt I want and use the rest for frosting! GAH so sorry! – but a 1 lbs batch is like 3 cups and with a mini scoop of 1 1/2 tsp it could make a hundred or so.
Glory K.
Looks so cute!
Could you point me in the direction to the recipe for the ganache? I am having a hard time finding it
Thank you!
Ashlee
I am so sorry all the links in my recipes broke when I changed recipe plugins a few months ago – still fixing things here you go https://ashleemarie.com/ganache-3-frosting-truffles-pouring/